The Following Notification Is Being Circulated in Accordance with Article 10.6 s13

G/TBT/N/PAN/45

11 June 2014

(14-3379) Page: 1/2

Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original: Spanish

NOTIFICATION

The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.

1. Notifying Member: PANAMA If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):

2. Agency responsible: Dirección General de Normas y Tecnología Industrial del Ministerio de Comercio e Industrias (Directorate-General for Standards and Industrial Technology of the Ministry of Trade and Industry) (responsible for processing notifications) Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and email and website addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above: Ministerio de Comercio e Industrias (Ministry of Trade and Industry) Dirección General de Normas y Tecnología Industrial del Ministerio de Comercio e Industrias (Directorate-General for Standards and Industrial Technology of the Ministry of Trade and Industry) Panamá, República de Panamá Avenida Ricardo J. Alfaro y Calle El Paical, Plaza Edison, Tercer piso, Arriba del July Sport Tel.: +(507) 560-0716 / 560-0600 Ext. 2390; 2389 Fax: +(507) 560-0721 Email: [email protected] Website: http://www.mici.gob.pa/

3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], other:

4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): International Classification for Standards (ICS) code 75.160.20

5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Industria del Petróleo y Tecnologías Relacionadas. Fuel Oil Residual. Especificaciones (Oil industry and related technologies. Residual fuel oil. Specifications) (9 pages, in Spanish)

6. Description of content: Objective; Scope; Physical and chemical characteristics; Sampling; Conformity assessment; Testing; Safety, environment and management; Transport; Reference documents.

7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: The notified Technical Regulation establishes the quality and technical requirements to be met by residual fuel oil consumed domestically in Panama and used in industry in general.

8. Relevant documents: Decreto de Gabinete N° 36 de 17 de septiembre de 2003 y sus modificaciones, SNE-Establece una política nacional de hidrocarburos en la República de Panamá (Cabinet Decree No. 36 of 17 September 2003 and amendments thereto - Establishment of a national hydrocarbons policy in the Republic of Panama by the National Department of Energy (SNE))

9. Proposed date of adoption: -

G/TBT/N/PAN/45

Proposed date of entry into force: One month following publication

10. Final date for comments: Texts available from: National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 11. numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body: Ministerio de Comercio e Industrias Dirección General de Normas y Tecnología Industrial Panamá República de Panamá Avenida Ricardo J. Alfaro y Calle El Paical, Plaza Edison, Tercer piso, Arriba del July Sport Tel.: +(507) 560-0716 / 560-0700 Ext. 2390; 2389 Email: [email protected] Enquiry point: María Isabel Osorio Anibal Ortega Virginia Cajar Email: [email protected] / [email protected] / [email protected] Dirección General de Normas y Tecnología Industrial http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2014/tbt/pan/14_2628_00_s.pdf